Compounded with the incalculable anticipation for Coachella's standout evening artists -- Phoenix, among the biggest draws of the fest, followed by Thom Yorke and Atoms for Peace on the Outdoor stage, thenGorillaz's impressive finale -- the prevailing elation began to culminate into the collective electricity that has defined some of the 11-year-old festival's most memorable days.

“The scheduling is hard for me right now,” Paul Tollett said with a slightly exasperated sigh.

“The scheduling always is,” I replied.

Of course, just from looking over the lineup, every Coachellan knows this time is different. This time it really should be trickier than trigonometry for the main brain behind one of the most influential music festivals worldwide to iron out stiff wrinkles, ones that come from determining how to properly space out several dozen A-list stars and hot newcomers across five stages.

Not to overhype it, but next weekend's 11th Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, overflowing with must-see stuff throughout all three days at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, very well could be the greatest Tollett and his Goldenvoice team have ever staged. Yet it also has immense potential for disappointing overlaps and conflicts, which could cripple it faster than the sun sinks behind the palm trees and purple mountains that frame this annual April gathering of more than 60,000 passionate music lovers.

Why, you may wonder, am I just getting around to saying anything about the Temper Trap's show nearly a month ago at the Music Box in Hollywood?

I could get into all the personal reasons for the delay (there's life with my 19-month-old, for starters) but what it mostly boils down to is that the good-not-great March 10 performance from the buzzed-about band, which kicked off the Aussie quintet's longest and strongest American run yet, ultimately doesn't matter half as much as the set slated for April 17 -- at Day 2 of Coachella 2010. (That gig more or less wraps the group's stateside tour, though there's one final gig before heading to the U.K., April 19 at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach.)

Though this year's deep Coachella roster boasts dozens of relative newcomers, the Temper Trap still stands apart -- it's one of few acts appearing during heatstroke points of the weekend (which means I'm not counting the Dead Weather or Them Crooked Vultures or even Passion Pit) who have only a debut and a clutch of kudos to their name. And unlike San Francisco's Girls or England's Band of Skulls or even the highly touted U.K. outfit Florence + the Machine, the Down Under gang have a bona fide indie-hip smash to their credit: the ebullient "Sweet Disposition," noticed most for its use in last year's romantic dramedy (500) Days of Summer.

Of course, we won't know the festival schedule or stage-placement of acts until a day or two before Coachella kicks off next weekend -- but my guess is that the Temper Trap will have a plum afternoon slot either in the mid-size Mojave tent (always overflowing with the hottest new attractions), which would surely be better than an early-early slot on the main stage. (The only thing more prime would be sometime between 5-7 p.m. on the second stage. But I wouldn't count on that.)

And here's another guess: the Temper Trap will be among the most talked-about new acts of the entire bash. Probably not to the level of enthusiasm that the Arcade Fire generated five years ago, but certainly like what we've seen greet, say, MGMT or the Airbourne Toxic Event recently.